Re: [PATCH] crypto: af_alg - implement keyring support

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Marcel Holtmann <marcel@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> why use the description instead the actual key id? I wonder if a single
> socket option and a struct providing the key type and key id might be more
> useful.

If the key becomes invalid in some way, you can call request_key() again if
you have the description to get a new key.  This is how afs and af_rxrpc do
things on the client side.

David



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